Hitsville UK
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1. They cried the tears, they shed their fears,
up and down the la....nd.
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they
stole guitars, and used guitars, so the tape would understand.
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Without even, the slightest
hope of a thousand sales,
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just
as if, as if they were hitsville in U.K.
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I know the boy was all alone,
'till the hitsville hit U.K.
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2. They say true talent, will always emerge in ti......me,
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when
lightning hits, small wonder, it sparks for factory time.
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No expense accounts, no lunch
discounts, or hypeing up the charts,
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the
band went in, and knocked 'em dead, in two minutes fifty-nine.
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I know the boy was all alone,
'till the hitsville hit U.K.
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No slimy deals, no smarmy
eels, in hitsville U.K.,
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we'll
shake them and say, we'll operate, in hitsville U.K.
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I know the boy felt all alone,
'till the hitsville hit U.K.
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3. The mutants, creeps and muscled men, are shaking like the lea...ves,
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it
blows a hole in the radio, when it hasn't sounded good all week.
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A mighty
boom, in your living room, in hitsville U.K.
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no
consumer trials, no A.O.R's in hitsville U.K.
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I know the boy felt all alone,
'till the hitsville hit U.K.
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Now the boys and girls are not
alone, now the hitsville's hit U.K.
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I know the boys and girls are
not alone, now the hitsville's hit U.K.
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I know the boys and girls are
not alone, now the hitsville's hit U.K.
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I know the boys and girls are
not alone, now the hitsville's hit U.K.
(The Clash)